Martha S. reviewed on 3/8/2014 + 4 more book reviews

A worthwhile read. Saylor chronicles several centuries from Rome's founding into the time of the first caesars. He threads the tale with a gold, religious pendant passed down from generation to generation. Most of the known historical events are included and the fictitious glue is plausible. The historical facts I checked were accurate. The flow jumps by necessity through decades but there is always the talisman to bring the story back on track.
This book held my interest reading a few chapters at a time. There was some suspense but my eagerness to find out what happened didn't keep me for my other, non-reading, everyday chores like some suspenseful books do.

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